13 Oct 1923
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1923
Page
1
Marjorie Lawton works in a slum settlement and faces courtship pressure from Duke and Senter as danger looms from city struggles. A kidnapping scare ends with Duke’s prank exposed and marshalling love from Glenn, the ward boss, who pledges protection and asks for a future together.
The Kansas City Star notes British parliamentary speakers mock the urge for national economy and extravagant expenditure. One cites closing a barn door to halt floodgates of extravagance, while another rejects derisive chants as weak argument before Experience guides Posterity through economic storms.
Stephen Graham argues laziness as the besetting sin of Russians and their failure to drive out the Bolsheviks. A caricature about a Russian butler ends with a joke on idleness as motivator, illustrating the stereotype discussed in the Detroit Free Press.
A respected bishop resting in Central Park, New York, struggled to rise from a bench due to rheumatic limbs. A nearby child rushed to help him, saying she had helped her grandfather up many times when he was drunker than he appeared, as reported by the Philadelphia Bulletin.
In a hot day scene Alice and Evie argue over dinner. Their mother asks for eggs, one daughter wants hard boiled others prefer easy. The dialogue shows Alice opposing the plan and Evie shaping the family meal choice.
George Sand argues that realist and idealist views both reduce art to prose or poetry. She predicts days of sunshine for realists and rainy days for idealists as artistic schools fade like fashions, with only a few privileged victors shaping paths.
The passage urges reading poetry aloud with dignity and slow realization of each word’s beauty. It emphasizes pausing at line ends to mark metre subtly, recognizing both sense and sound, and suggests such skills can be taught to students.
The piece traces origins of common phrases. It cites pig in a poke from Northampton market leading to let the cat out of the bag, kicking the bucket from early gold rush deaths, worth a Jew's er e from King John’s extortion, as mad as a hatter from Anglo Saxon meaning venomous adder, and explains mad not for Hatter but for venom.
The Gersoppa falls on the Sharavati river in Bombay's North Kanara district rise about 830 feet, with four distinct cascades when water is moderate. The Rajah drop exceeds 500 feet in a single unbroken plunge into a deep pool of about 182 feet, taller than Niagara and rivaling other great falls worldwide.
A compact note describes Karnak Temple complex in Thebes on the Nile east bank as spanning nine acres with temples, courts, obelisks and sphinx avenues. It highlights Osirtasen I and eighteenth dynasty additions, the hypostyle hall’s 12 large columns and 122 smaller ones, two obelisks, and walls depicting Set I and Rameses victories.
A reflective line cites James Allen on how strong pure thoughts energize the body and influence health through the habits formed by thinking. It emphasizes thought as a molding instrument guiding vigor, grace, and overall wellbeing.
Florence Nightingale quote emphasizes simplicity and singleness of heart as key to great deeds. The message urges individuals to follow their own path to divine work without external influence.
The Boston Evening Transcript recounts a scene where a broken down auto and a slow chauffeur delayed a procession of pedestrians. The employer finally urged, Hurry up Henry, there's a lot of people crossing the street that we're missing.
A London festival showcased combined choirs from the metropolis mothers clubs, with many choristers aged over seventy, as a notable feature of the event.
A Skegness school scripture paper asked who brought gifts to the Infant Jesus. One pupil answered Afr. Frankincense and Mr. Myrrh, a playful misquote noted by Christian Life.
A reflection on labor and compensation noting that those who do only what is required rarely earn more than what their employer is forced to pay. The quote emphasizes minimal effort leads to minimal reward and echoes workplace fairness.
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